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TOY MONEY BOX.

Patented Oct. 21, 1884.

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ALFRED O. REX, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY MONEY-BOX.

.UPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,775, dated October 21, 1884.

Application filed April 26, 1884. (No model.) I

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that LALFRED O. REX. of the city and county of Philadelphia. and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Toy Money-BoXes, of which bank the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to mechanical toy money-boxes; and it consists in certain improvements, fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, which form part thereof.

The object of my invention is to construct the money-receptacle in the form of a woman holding a child, and adapted to feed the money to be deposited to saidchild, and, further, to cause'the said operation to move the head of the woman and feet of the child.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a toy money-box embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of same.

A is the body of the woman, and may be represented as standing or sitting, (the latter position being preferred,) and is made of metal and formed hollow to act as the money receptacle.

B is the child, which may be cast integral with said figure of the woman, as shown. or formed separate and secured thereto in any suitable manner. It has a large wide mouth, 0, opening into the interior of part A, and capable of receiving a five-cent piece. The legs D of said child maybe movable by being pivoted at d, and are provided with an arm, I), extending within the bank and arranged to be depressed by an arm, I, on the rocking shaft H, which is moved byafingenpieee, H against the action of the spring H or weight.

I is an arm or crank secured to rock-shaft H, and to, which is connected the rod G,hinged at its upper end to the crank F of the hinged hand E, carrying a spoon, I, of sufficient dimensions to receive a five-cent piece. The crank F is located withinthe bank and is not seen. XV hen the spoon F is depressed, the money slips off into the open mouth 0 of the child B.

J is another arm or crank secured to the rock-shaft H and rocks another rock-shaft, L, through the agency of a crank, L, and rod K, and this rock-shat L has a finger arranged to tilt the head M forward, which head is pivoted in such a manner that gravity causes it to fall backward. The pocket of the apron of the woman is made to open into the interior of the by an aperture, 0. N is an arm having a curved part, a, which closes down against thelugP of said aperture O, preventing the deposition of money with out working the figures. sufficient width to take in a quarter of a dollar.

The operation is as follows: The money being placed on the spoon,the shaft H is rocked. This action simultaneously causes the head to be thrown forward, the spoon depressed, and the legs ofthe child to kick as the money passes into its mouth. If the money to be deposited is too large to enter is placed in the pocket 0, and as the above operations take place the curved cut-off n is raised and the money slides down into the box, and the spring H returns all parts to their original position.

If desired, the figures may be animals in place of human beings, the essential feature being the feeding of an infant.

It is immaterial to my invention what the posture of the woman may be; neither do I limit myself to the details of the construction, as the mechanism may be made in various ways without departing from my invention.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. In a toy money-box, a figure having a movable hand provided with a spoon, in combination with the figure of a child having an open mouth forming a passage-way into the interior of the box and located below the spoon, so that money laid in the spoon will slide into the mouth when the spoon is tipped or depressed, and mechanism, substantially as described, to tip or depress said spoon,-substantially as and for the purpose specified.

i 2. In a toy money-box, a figure having a pivoted head and movable hand provided with a spoon, in combination with the figure of a child having an open mouth forming a passageway into the interior of the box and located below the'spoon, so that money laid on the spoon will slide into the mouth when the spoon is tipped or depressed, and mechanism,

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substantially as described, to tip or depress said spoon and move said head, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a toy moneybox, a figure having a movable hand provided with a spoon, in combination with the figure of a child having pivoted legs and an open mouth forming apassageway into the interior of the box and located below the spoon, so that money laid in the spoon will slide into the mouth when the spoon is tipped or depressed, and mechanism, substantially as described, to tip or depress said spoon and oscillate said legs, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a toy money-box, a figure having a pivoted head and movable hand provided with a spoon, in combination with the figure of a child having pivoted legs and an open mouth forming a passage-way into the interior of the box and located below the spoon, so that money laid in the spoon will slide into the month when the spoonis tipped or depressed, aiid mechanism, substantially as described, to

tip or depress said spoon, move said head, and oscillate said legs, substantially as and for the l purpose specified. 5. The combination, in a toy money-box, of the passage-way 0, having stop 1?, with the oscillating cut-oil 21, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a toy money-box, the combination of the figures A and I the latter having aperture O, with hinged hand E, provided with a support for the money, and mechanism, substantially as described, to move said hand, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

T. In a toy money-box, the combination of the figures A and 13, the latter having aperture U and pivoted legs, with hinged hand I provided with a support for the money, and mechanism,substantially as described, to move said legs and hand, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

S. A mechanical toy money-box consisting of the figure of a woman and figure of a child, in combination with amovable hand, whereby said figure of the woman is enabled to go through the operation of feeding the child, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony of which invention It hereunto set my hand.

ALFRED (J.

\Vitnesses:

R. M. HUNTER, FnANois S. Bnowt'. 

